---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wine & Wineries - As enacted, authorizes wineries, farm wineries, and manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to distill and fortify wine and blend the distilled or fortified wine with their products. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3."
description: "Wine & Wineries - As enacted, authorizes wineries, farm wineries, and manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to distill and fortify wine and blend the distilled or fortified wine with their products. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "Tennessee SB 988 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wine & Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cbc2bf-ca08-414e-a3ac-a7a6b6339bdc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0988&GA=113"
source_hash: "ec8c0fb0b9f1ce9a1f22f76f6bab0c1af71d81fb6898a63985e90cdcba3b9dc7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 988 (113) — Wine & Wineries - As enacted, authorizes wineries, farm wineries, and manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to distill and fortify wine and blend the distilled or fortified wine with their products. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0099** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0099.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0098.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0988.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2023 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2023 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **84–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
- **2023-02-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0098)
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 7, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0099) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 04/04/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 131

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74cbc2bf-ca08-414e-a3ac-a7a6b6339bdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).